$582.7b Budget Proposed for ’17

The Obama administration’s proposed $582.7 billion defense-spending budget for 2017 would include a 1.6-percent increase in basic pay for active and reserve-component service members. Defense Secretary Ash Carter outlined some details of the proposed measure, which is scheduled for formal release in the second week of February. The 2017 budget would reflect an emphasis on adjusting “to a new strategic era,” the U.S. Naval Institute Press reported Carter as saying. The budget “must demonstrate to potential foes that if they start a war, we have the capability to win,” Carter was quoted as saying.